Re: [GNUnet-developers] Questions about GNUnet

[Benjamin Paul Kay]

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Marcos D. Marado Torres wrote:
| In some point of a paper still referring to GNet it was saying that GNUnet
| should in future abandon UDP and start using HTTP, SMTP and FTP so it
would
| work in restrictive scenarios like networks with firewalls, trafic
| shapers or
| trafic droppers. Is there any effort in this direction by GNUnet 0.6.5
| or in
| the future GNUnet 0.7.0?

It is my understanding that GNUnet supports UDP (a feature I personally
find worthwile) but does not rely upon it. For example, if a firewall
were to block all UDP, GNUnet could still function fine using its TCP
transport module.

GNUnet can already use SMTP, although I confess I've never tried it. I
don't know whether or not HTTP or FTP transport modules are in the
works. Something to put payloads on ICMP packets would be kinda nifty
too. I suggest reading this portion of the documentation:
http://www.ovmj.org/GNUnet/protocol_transport.php3?xlang=English

Hope this helps,
- -Benjamin Kay
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